My childhood in the 1970s was marked by high gas prices and inflation. In particular, I remember coffee prices being very high and my parents often reusing the coffee grounds. To entice customers to eat out, restaurants would often advertise a "bottomless cup of coffee". In my naivity I used to believe that a "bottomless cup of coffee" meant you could drink as much coffee as you wanted before it ran out of the 'bottomless' cup.

Mary W.

For years, Seven-up was one of the only cokes on the market that didn't have caffeine in it, and because they advertised it on the label, and that was the only coke that Mama would allow me to have, I called it "no-caffeine" for years.

CoonassAg03

When I was about 6 I overheard an elderly aunt say to my grandmother "Jo, I've decided to stop drinking!".

This puzzled me and I inquired, "But won't you get thirsty?!"

Christa

i used to believe that black coffee would make black hair grow on my chest. i got this from a cousin who said that's what happened to one of our aunts who had a little extra facial hair!

Anon

I used to believe that a drinking problem actually was when you had a problem getting the drink to your mouth-- like they showed on "Airplane"

Holly

When I was about 6, my mom told me that if I drank too much water, I will have frogs in my stomach.And every time my stomach was making weird noises(for example-when I was hungry) I was convinced that the frogs were making those noises.

dragos

My mum told me that if you put too much concentrate in the glass for orange squash then I would get worms. Funnily enough i drink weak squash, and get laughed at by my friends.

Sophie

I used to believe that drinking lager gave you a moustache. This came about when I saw 2 pics of my dad. In the first he had a pint glass to his mouth and in the second he'd put it down and was smiling drunkenly at the camera. He had a small moustache in the photos, but at the time I saw them he was clean shaven, hence my belief that the drinking of the lager (where I couldn't see the moustache) gave him the moustache in the second photo.

Anon

When having wine with dinner my parents gave me "wine of the earth". This was water but I couldn't believe we were being allowed alcohol!

Liz